Australia's Kaylee McKeown broke the women's 50-meter backstroke world record on Friday at a World Cup event in Budapest, Hungary.

<div class="block">Australia&#39;s Kaylee McKeown broke the women&#39;s 50-meter backstroke world record on Friday at a World Cup event in Budapest, Hungary.</div>

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Kaylee McKeown Breaks 50-Meter Backstroke Record

Australia's Kaylee mcewan broke the women's 50 m backstroke world record on Friday at a World Cup event in Budapest, Hungary mcewan also became the first person to consecutively hold the 50 m 100 m and 200 m backstroke world records. She finished Friday's race with a time of 26.86 seconds beating the previous record set in 2018. Mcewan is the first Australian to hold a 50 m backstroke record since Australian Sophia Eddington set it back in 2008.